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This application is closely related to Application
Serial No. 501,753 filed February 13, 1986.
The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive
adhesive which is substantially reducible in the adhesive Eorce
by the application thereto of ultraviolet light, and a pressure
sensitive adhesive film having thereon a layer of such a pressure
sensitive adhesive suitable for use, for instance, in dicing a
semiconductor wafer to dices.
~ s a pressure sensitive adhesive film is spreading its
use over a variety of industries, the adhesive film in turn has
come to be required to meet a diversity of requirements and to
possess more extended functions depending upon individual uses.
For example, a dicing process is included in the pro-
duction of integrated circuits, as is well known. In the process,
a semiconductor wafer is placed and fixed on a pressure sensi-
tive adhesive film called a dicing film, cut to small pieces or
dices of a predetermined size, and then the dice is removed or
picked up from the filmO Therefore, it is desirable that the
semiconductor wafer, for instance, a silicon wafer, is initially
adhered onto the dicing film with a relatively strong adhesive
force so as to be precisely diced to dices of a predetermined
size, whereas after the dicing the resultant dice is loosely
adhered onto the film so as to be readily removable therefrom.
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For exemplification only, it is desired that the
dicing film initially has an adhesive force of about 100-800
g/25 mm so that the wafer is precisely diced to dices, but after
the dicing the film has a reduced adhesive force of several
tens grams/25 mm or less ~or the readily removal of the resul-
tan-t dices. However, no such a pressure sensitive adhesive
which has a substantially reducible adhesive force so as to be
suitably and practically usable for dicing a semiconductor wafer
has been known up to today.
On the other hand, a photocurable adhesive is al-
ready known which is curable by the application thereto of the
ultraviolet light to develop the adhesive force designed. The
photocurable adhesive is usually composed of a photopolymeriz-
able oligomer, a photopolymerizable monomer, a photopolymeriza-
tion initiator and other additives, and is rapidly cured by
the application thereto of the ultraviolet light. It must be
noted, however, that the ultraviolet light is applied to the
adhesive to complete the adhesion.
The present inventors have made an intensive
investigation o~ a pressure sensitive adhesive for use in
dicing a semiconductor wafer, and found out unexpectedly that a
photosensitive adhesive mainly composed of a ceLtain elastic
polymer as a base resin, a photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester
ana a photopolymerization initiator is substantially reducible
in the adhesive orce by the application thereto o~ the ultra-
violet
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light. After a further investigation based on the above finding,
the inventors have found out that a pressuresensitive adhesive
film composed of a photopermeable base film having on one
side thereof a layer of such a pressuresensitive adhesive
as above mentioned is suitably usable in dicing a semiconductor
wafer, since the -film is capable of fixing thereon a semiconduct-
or wafer with an adhesive force sufficient to make it possible
for the wafer to be precisely diced, but loses its adhesive
force by the irradiation of the ultraviolet light to the other
side of the film so that the dice may be readily removed therefrom.
The present invention in an aspect provides a pressure
sensitive adhesive, the adhesive force of which is reducible
by the application thereto of the ultraviolet light, comprising:
(i) at least one elastic polymer selected from the
group consisting of a polymer mainly composed of acrylic acid
ester copolymers and a saturated copolyester mainly composed
of dibasic carboxylic acids and dihydroxy alcohols;
(ii) an ultraviolet light polymerizable acrylic acid
ester having not less than two acryloyl or methacryloyl groups
inthe molecule and having a molecular weight of not more than
about lO00, in amounts of about 15-200 parts by weight per
100 parts by weight of the elastic polymer; and
(iii) a photopolymerization initiator in amounts sufficient
to induce the photopolymerization of the ultraviolet lic~ht
polymerizable acrylic acid ester.
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The present invention in another aspect provides a
pressure sensitive adhesive film, the adhesive force of which
is reducible by the application thereto of the ultraviolet
light, comprising:
(a) a base film permeable to the ultraviolet light;
and
(b) a layer of the pressure sensitive adhesive as
specified as above formed on one side o~ the base film.
The present invention also provides a pressure sen-
sitive adhesive film reducible in the adhesive force by the
application thereto o the electromagnetic wave which comprises:
(a) a base film permeable to an electromagnetic wave;
and
~b) a layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive formed
on one side of the base film, the adhesive comprising:
(i) at least one elastic polymer selected from
the group consisting of a polymer mainly composed of acrylic
acid ester copolymers and a saturated copolyester mainly com-
posed of dibasic carboxylic acids, and dihydro~y alcohols; and
(ii) an electromagnetic wave polymerizable
acrylic acid ester having not less than two acryloyl or metha-
crylol groups in the molecule and having a molecular weight of
not more than about 1000, in amounts of about 15-200 parts by
weight in relation to 1~0 parts by weight of the elastic
polymer.
The photosensitive prcssure adhesive of tlle invcntion
includes an elastic polymer as a main componen~, a photopolynle-
rizable acrylic acid ester polymerizahle by the appl;cation
S thereto of the ultraviolet light and a photopolymerization
initiator.
The photosensitive pressure adhesive film of Lhe inven~ion
has a base film or a supporting fiIm which is permeable lo the
ultravio]et light and a layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive
formed on one side of the base film in which the pressure sensi-
tive adhesive used is the adhesive specified above.
A variety of pressure sensitive adhesive is already known,
as is described, for instance, in ~Adhesive llandbook," 2nd ed..
edited by Japan Adhesives Association, pp. 398-414 ~1980),
Nikkan Kogyo Shinbunsha. A typical pressure sensitive adhesive
is composed of an elastic polymer as u muin component, a tacki
fier and a plasticizer soluble to the elastic polymer, and
when desired, additional components such as an antioxidant, a
filler and a colorant. According to the invention, however,
the pressure sensitive adhesive includes at least one speci f ied
polymer as the elastic polymer selecSed from the group consist-
ing of a polymer mainly composed of acrylic acid ester coplymers
and a saturated copolyester mainly composed of dibasic carboxy
lic acids and dihydroxy alcohols.
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the pressure sensitive adhesive o~ the inven-tion is already
well known in the art, and is normally a copolymer of acrylic
acid ester components as main monomer components such as ethyl
acrylate, butyl acrylate or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate to ~orm ad-
hesive soft segments of a low glass transition temperature in
the polymer chain, and comonomer components such as vinyl
acetate, acrylonitrile, styrene, methyl acrylate or methyl
methacrylate to form cohesive hard segments of a high glass
transition temperature in the polymer chain.
The ~lastic polymer may further include a third
comonomer component ha~ing a functional group therein such as
a carboxyl~a hydroxyl, an amide, a glycidyl or a hydroxyalkyl
to improve the curability and/or the adhesion oE the resultant
polymer. Examples of the third comonomer are acrylic acid,
methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, hydroxymethyl methacrylate,
hydroxypropyl methacrylate, acryl amide or glycidyl methacry-
late.
The saturated copolyester preferably usa`ble as the
elastic polymer in the invention is per se also known, as des-
cribed, for instance, in "Kogyo Zairyo ~Industrial Materials),"
Vol. 2~, No. 11, pp. 101-106 (1977~, and is a copolyester com-
posed of a saturated dibasic carboxylic acid component and a
saturated dihydroxy alcohol component, i.e., a glycol
component. Hence, the copolyester has a low glass transition
temperature. A mixture of an aromatic dibasic carboxylic acid
and an aliphatic dibasic carhoxylic acid is, for example,
pre~erably used as the dibasic carboxylic acid component, while
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an aliphatic and/or an alicyclic glycol is preferably used as
the glycol component.
In the invention, a copolyester is preferred which
is composed of a dibasic carboxylic acid component of an aro-
matic dibasic carboxylic acid and an aliphatic dibasic carboxy-
lic acid in a molar ratio of the former to the latter of about
80/20 to 20/80, more preferably of about 70/30 to 50/50, and a
glycol component, substantially in an equimolar ratio. In
particular, terephthalic acid is preferred as the aromatic di-
basic carboxylic acid, whereas sebacic acid and adipic acid are
preferred as the aliphatic dibasic carboxylic acid, meanwhile
ethylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol and propylene glycol are, for
instance, preferred as the glycol component, for the copolyester
suitable for use in the invention. However, the dibasic car-
boxylic acid component may be in part displaced by a tribasic
carboxylic acid, and the glycol may be replaced by a trihydroxy
alcohol.
Preferably the pressure sensitive adhesive according
to the invention includes a tackifier therein in amounts not
more than about 200 parts by weight in rela-tion to lO0 parts by
weight of the elastic polymerO The tackifier usahle in the
adhesive of the invention is not restricted to a specified one,
but any tackifier is usable which is known in the production of
a conventional pressure sensitive adheslve.
As examples only, there are mentioned as such a tacki-
fier, for instance, xylene resins, rosins, polymerized rosins,
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hydrogenated rosins, rosin esters, terpene resins, terpene-
phenol resins, petroleum resins, coumarone resins, styrene
resins, alkylphenol resins and the like. The tackifier is pre-
ferably included in the adhesive in amounts of about 10-200
parts by weight, more preferably 50-150 parts by weightr in
relation to 100 parts by weight of the elastic polymer.
The use of the tackifier is specially useful when
the copolyester is used as the elastic polymer in the adhesive.
When the amount of the tackifier is less than about 10 parts by
weight in relation to 100 parts by weight of the elastic poly-
mer, the resultant adhesive tends to have an adhesive force
which is, for example, insufficient to fix a semiconductor wafer
for the precise dicing, whereas when the amount of the tackifier
is more than about 200 parts by weight, the resultant adhesive
is reducible in the adhesive force only to an insu~ficient
extent so that, for example, in dicing a wafer, the resultant
dice is not readily removable from the dicing film after the
dicing, but also the tackifier undesirably tends to remain on
the dice.
In connection with the tackiness of the adhesive, it
is preferable to corporate both the acrylic acid ester copolymer
and the saturated copolyester into an adhesive composition as
elastic polymer components, since such an adhesive has a pro-
nouncedly large tackiness, but has substantially no tendency
of migration. This pressure sensitive adhesive Eilm is espe-
cially suitable for industrial use in dicing.
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The ultraviolet light polymerizable acrylic acidester
usable in the invention has two or more acryloyl or methacryloyl
groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of not more than
about lO00. Therefore, the acrylic acid ester usable in the
invention includes, for instance, acrylates of polyhydroxy alco-
hols, such as ethylene glycol diacrylate, 1,6-hexanediol
diacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, tetramethylolmethane
tetraacrylate and dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, and methacry-
lates of polyhydroxy alcohols, such as ethylene glycol dimetha-
crylate, 1,6-he~anediol dimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane
trimethacrylate, tetramethylolmethane tetramethacrylate and
dipentaerythritol pentamethacrylate.
The uItraviolet light photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester is included in the pressure sensitive adhesive in amounts
of about 15-200 parts by weight in relation to lO0 parts by
weight of the elastic polymer. When the photopolymerizable acry-
lic acid ester is included in amounts less than about 15 parts
by weight in relation to lO0 parts by weight of the elastic
polymer, the resultant adhesive is not substantially reducible
in the adhesive force by the application of the ultraviolet light
thereto. Meanwhile when the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester
is included in amounts more than about 200 parts by weight, the
adhesive undesirably tends to migrate to a substance adhered
to the layer o~ the adhesive, although the resultant adhesive
is substantially reducible in the adhesive force by the
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application of the ultraviolet light.
The pressure sensitive adhesive of the invention
further includes a photopolymerization initiator or photosens-
sitizer, and in addition, may include, when desired, a polymeri-
zation inhibitor. The initiator is included in the adhesive
to accelerate the polymerization of the photopolymerizable
acrylic acid ester, as is well known in the field o the photo-
polymerizationO ~ny known initiator is usable in the invention,
for instance, benzoin alkylethers such as benzoin methylether
and benzoin isopropylether, aromatic ketones and aromatic
hydroxy ketones such as benzoin, benzil and benzophenone.
The polymerization inhibitor may be included in the
adhesive of the invention, when desired, to prevent the poly-
merization of the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester induced
by an energy other than the ultraviolet light, for instancel
thermal polymerization. The inhibitor usable in the invention
is not specifically limited, and as an exemplification, picric
acid, phenol, hydroquinone, hydroquinone monomethylether and the
like are usable.
The amount of the initiator and the inhibitor used
may be in accordance with the amount in the conventional photo-
polymerization technolcgy, respectively, and hence the initiator
is incorporated in the adhesive in amounts of about 0.1-30 parts
by weight, and the inhibitor in amounts of about 0.1-1 parts by
weight, respectively, in relation to lO0 parts by weight of the
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photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester, although not limited
to these exemplified ranges.
The pressure sensitive adhesive of the invention may
further contain therein a plasticizer such as a polybutene
polymer and a mineral oil.
The pressure sensitive adhesive film of the invention
is composed of a base film and a layer of the pressure sensitive
adhesive in solid as set forth above formed on the base film.
In the production of the pressure sensitive adhesive film of
the invention, the pressure sensitive adhesive as stated above
is applied preferably in a form of a liquid composition onto
one side of a base film, followed by drying the liquid composi-
tion to form a solid layer of the pressure sensitive adhesive
on the base film.
The liquid composition may be prepared, in principle,
by dissolving in an organic solvent such as an aromatic hydro-
carbon, an aliphatic ketone or a mixture of these, the above
mentioned elastic polymer, photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester, a photopolymerization initiator~ and when needed, further
additives such as a tackifier, an inhibito`r, a filler, an anti-
oxidant and a colorant, each in amounts as stated hereinbefore,
respectively. As the organic solvent is preferred in parti-
cular a mixture of toluene and methyl ethyl ketone, although
not limited thereto. The liquid composition contains the
elastic polymer preferably in amounts of about 10-50% by weight
based on the liquid composition so as to be easy in coating on
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a base film and drying to form a solid layer of the adhesive on
the base film.
The liquid composition may be prepared in any manner
which is known in a conventional adhesive. The elastic polymer
and the tackifier are usually available in the form of solution
in organic solvents. Therefore, it is convenient to prepare
the liquid composition, for example, by admixing the solutions
of the elastic polymer and the tackifier together, adding to
the resultant solution the photopolymerizable acrylic acid estex
and the initiator, and when necessary, other additives such
as an inhibitor, an antioxidant, a filler or an additional
amount of an organic solvent.
As apparent, a liquid composition on the market which
includes polyacrylic acid esters as the elastic polymer is also
usable for preparing a pressure sensitive adhesive of the in-
vention, since such a liquid resin composition is in many
cases a mixture of the elastic polymer with other additives
such as a tackifier and a plasticizer dissolved in an organic
solvent, although some of the liquid acrylic acid ester polymer
composition are found not to contain a tackifier and a plasti-
cizer.
When the liquid resin composition on the market is
used for the preparation of photopolymerizable pressure sensitive
adhesive of the invention, the liquid composition is mi~ed with
the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester and the initiator, and
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when desired, together with other additional components such as
a polymerization inhibitor and an organic solvent, in amounts
as stated hereinbefore, depending upon the amount of the elas~ic
polymer in the liquid composition. However, it is preferred
that the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester is admixed in
amounts of about 3-60 parts by weight, preferably about 5-20 parts
by weight, with 100 parts by weight of the liquid composition.
The pressure sensitive adhesive film according to the
invention may be prepared by forming a layer of the pressure
sensitive adhesive as set forth hereinbefore on a base film per-
meable to the ultraviolet light, which will be now described.
Any resin film may be usable as the base film provided
that the film is permeable or transparent to the ultraviolet
light as well as the film has a strength sufficient to form an
adherent. The base film usable in the invention, therefore,
includes films of polyvinyl chloride, vinyl chloride-vinylidene
chloride copolymer, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer,
vinyl chloride-acrylic acid copolymer, polyvinylidene chloride,
polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, polymethyl
methacrylate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyamide, polyimide, poly~
amideimide, polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate, poly-
carbonate and cellulose acetate.
Among the above base films, however, films of homo
polymers and copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride,
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respectively, are specifically preferred in the in~ention,
since these films are soft and less expensive than the others.
These films, in particular, a polyvinyl chloride film, however,
contain therein a plasticizer, although greatly advantageous in
prices over the other films.
A variety of plasticizers are known, among which are,
for instance, diphthalates such as dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl
phthalate, didecyl phthalate, di(tricresyl) phthalate and butyl
benzyl phthalate; phosphates such as tricresyl phosphate, trioct.yl
phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate
and cresyl diphenyl phosphate; aliphatic dicarboxylic acid
diesters such as dioctyl adipate, dioctyl sebacate t dioctyl
azelate and tris(2-ethylhexyl) acetyl citrate; polyester plas-
ticizers such as polypropylene adipate and polypropylene sebacate;
epoxidized plasticizers such as epoxidized soybean oils; and
chlorinated plasticizers such as chlorinated paraffins and chlo-
rinated fa-tty acid esters.
It has been found out by the inventors that when a
layer of the pressure sensitive adhesive is formed directly on
a base film which contains the plasticizer therein~ the
plasticizer migrates into the adhesive, but also the photopoly-
merizable acrylic acid ester migrates into the base film since
the plasticizer has usually a good miscibility with or solubility
to the low molecular weight photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester used in the invention.
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It has been found that this bidirectional migration
of the plasticizer and the photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester in the pressure sensitive adhesive is not only responsible
for the remarkable decrease of the reducibility of the adhesive
force of the pressure sensitive adhesive by the application
thereto of the ultraviolet light, but also causes a gradual
decrease of the adhesive force of the adhesive itself.
Therefore, when a resin film which contains a plasticizer
is used as the base film of the pressure sensitive adhesive
film, it is desired that a barrier layer is interposed between
the base film and the layer of the pressure sensitive adhesive.
The barrier layer may be composed of a resin, either in the
form of a film or a coating, which is impermeable both to
the plasticizer and to the photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester but permeable to the ultraviolet light, so -that the
barrier layer prevents the migration of the plasticizer in
the base Eilm into the layer of the adhesive and the migration
of the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester in the adhesive
into the base film. Thus, the barrier layer retains the
pllotopolymerizable acryllc acid ester in the layer of the
adhesive as well as the plasticizer in the base film. As
a result, the ab-~rier layer retains the function of -the film,
namely, reducibility of the adhesive force by the applicatlon
of ultraviolet light after an extended period of storage and
prevents the reduction of the adhesive force
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with time before the application of the ultraviolet
light,
As the barrier layer mentioned above, a fiIm or a
coating of a resin such as polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene or
polypropylene, polyalkylene terephthalate, e.g., polyethylene
terephthalate, or polymethyl Methacrylate, is preferred. The
barrier layer i5 formed, for example, by laminating a film
of the resin as specified above on the base film, or by coating
a melt or a solution of the barrier resin on the film. Many of
the alkyd modified acrylic resins and thermosetting acrylic
resins including an acid, a hydroxyl, an epoxy or an amide type
thermosetting acrylic resin are also suitable for the barrier
coating, However, depending upon the photopolymerizable acrylic
acid ester and the plasticizer used, some of the acrylic resins
IS are often found to be soluble therein or swellable therewith,
and therefors, when an acrylic resin is used as a barrier resin,
it is neccessary to choose such an acrylic resin which is neither
solubl0 in nor swellable with the photopolymerizable acrylic
acid ester and the Plasticizer used.
However, it will be understood that the barrier layer is
not limited to the exemplifisd above, since any layer of a resin
may function as the barrier layer i~ it is impermeable both to
the plastici~er and the photopoly~erizable ~cryli~c ~ e~r~
but permeable to the u~tra~7oret light.
Purther accordin~ to the invention, the pressure sensitive
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adhesive preferably includes either an anhydrous silica powder
or a polyisocyanate or a mixture of these, which causes the
reduction to a greater extent in the adhesive force of the
adhesive by the application thereto of the ultraviolet light
than the adhesive which contained either the silica not the
polyisocyanate, but is otherwise the same as above.
The silica powder is incorporated into the adhesivP
in amounts of about 1-30 parts by weight in relation to lO0
parts by weight of the elastic polymer. The use of the silica
powder in amounts of less than about l part by weight in relation
to lO0 parts by weight of the elastic polymer is insufficient
to cause a further extended reduction in the adhesive force by
the application thereto of the ultraviolet light, compared with
the same adhesive except that it contains no silica powder.
However, the use of the silica powder in amounts oP more than
about 30 parts by weight makes the resultant liquid composition
for forming a solid layer of the pressure sensitive adhesive
layer excessively viscous to a gel-like substance, and as a
result, for instance, the application of the liquid composition
onto the base film difficult. The preferred amount of the silica
is about 3-15 parts by weight in relation to lO0 parts by weight
of the elastic polymer. The silica powder used in the invention
is preferably a finely divided powder, and for example,
"Aerosil*" by Degussa, West Germany, is suitable for use.
A polyisocyanate is also usable for causing a further
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extended reduction in the adhesive force of the pressure sensi-
tive adhesive by the application thereto of the ultraviolet
light when the polyisocyanate is included in the adhesive in
amounts of about 1-100 parts by weight in relation to 100 parts
by weight of the elastic polymer in the adhesive. When the
amount of the polyisocyanate used is less than about 1 part by
weight in relation to lO0 parts by weight of the elastic poly-
mer, the resultant adhesive is not substantially reduced to an
increased extent, whereas when the amount of the polyisocyanate
lQ is more than about 100 parts by weight, the resultant adhesive
is gradually reduced in the adhesive force with time without the
application thereto of the ultraviolet light. The preferred
amount of the polyisocyanate is about 3-40 parts by weight in
relation to 100 parts by weight of the elastic polymer in the
adhesive.
The polyisocyanate usable in the invention is not speci-
fically limited, but a diisocyanate and a triisocyanate are
preferably used. The diisocyanate usable includes, for instance,
2,4-toluene diisocyanate, m-phenylene diisocyanate, m-xylylene
diisocyanate, 4,4'-diphenyl diisocyanate, 4,4'-diphenylmethane
diisocyanate, 1,5-naPtlthalene diisocyanate, isophorone diiso-
cyanate, ~lianisidine diisocyanate and hexamethylene diisocyanate,
and the triisocyanate usable includes, for instance, trimethylol-
propane-toluene diisocyanate adduct.
A urethane prepolymer prepared by the reaction of a diiso-
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cyanate in an excess amount with a dihydroxy alcohol so as to
have isocyanate groups at the terminals of the polymer is also
usable as a polyisocyanate in the invention.
The combined incorporation of the silica and the polyiso-
cyanate results in a synergetic reduction in the adhesive force
of the adhesive by the application thereto of the ultraviolet
light. As stated hereinbefore, the combined use of the silica
and the polyisocyanate in amounts of about 1-3~ parts by weight
and about 1-lQ0 parts by weight, respectively, in relation to
1~ 100 parts by weight of the elastic polymer in the adhesive is
allowed in the invention. However, smaller amounts of both of
the two are sufficient to bring about the substantial reduction
in the adhesive force to an increased extent due to the synergy
of the combined use of the two additives. When the two are used
in combination, the silica and the polyisocyanate are incorpo-
rated usually in amounts of about 1-20 parts by weight, prefe-
rably about 1-15 parts by weight. and 1-50 parts by weight,
preferably about 1-20 parts by weight, respectively, in reiation
to 100 parts by weight of the elastic polymer in the adhesive.
The pressure sensitive adhesi~e and the adhesive film
having a layer of such a pressure sensitive adhesive on one
side of the base film as fully set forth as above according to
the invention is especially suitable for use where it is needed
that the adhesive has initially a relatively large adhesive
force and thereafter is substantialiy reduced in the adh(3sive
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Therefore, the pressure sensitive adhesive film is suita-
bly usable as a dicing film in dicing a semiconductor wafer, as
is stated hereinbefore. ~hat is, the pressure sensitive adhe-
sive film of the invention has initially a relatively largeadhesive force e.g., several hundred grams/25 mm, sufficient
to fix the wafer thereon so that the wafer may be diced to dices
of a precise size predetermined. ~hen when the film is irradi-
ated by the ultraviolet light from the other side thereof after
the dicing of the wafer, the substantial reduction in the adhe-
sive force of the film takes place, that is, the adhesive force
is reduced to several grams/25 mm to several tens grams/25 mm,
and as a result, the dice on the film is readily picked up
therefrom.
A means and a method for applying the ultraviolet light
to the pressure sensitive adhesive or the film of the invention
is not specifically limited, but any means and method maY be
used which are known in the field of photopolymerization tech-
nology, ~s an exemplification only, a xenon lamp, a low pre-
ssure, a medium pressure or a high pressure mercury lamp is
used as a source of the ultraviolet light, and the ultraviolet
light is applied to the film for a few seconds to a few minutes
from the exposed back side of the film when the reduction in
the adhesive force is needed, therehy to bring ahout the sub-
stantial reduct;on in the adhesive force of the film.
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The pressure sensitive adhesive of the invention mayinclude therein no photopolymerizalion initiator. ~s will be
apparent, when the adhesive includes no initiator, an electro-
ca~ ~e
magnetic wave other than the ultraviolet light ~ applied
thereto so that the polymerization of the heforesaid photopoly-
merizable acryllc acid ester takes place in the absence of the
initiator, thereby to reduce substantially the adhesive force
of the adhesive. As such an electroma8netic wave, for example,
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- ~he electron beam is preferred. When the film having on one
side such an adhesive is used as a dicing film, the film is
irradiatéd by the electron beam from the back of the film after
the dicing of a semiconductor wafer so that the pressure sensi-
tive adhesive is substantially reduced in the adhesive force.
Then ~he dice is readily removed from the dicing film.
The invention will be more fully understood with reference
to the following examples; however these examples are intended
to illustrate the invention only. and are not to be construed
as limits to the scope of the invention.
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mainly includes polyacrylic acid esters as the elastic polymer
and a tackifier was mixed with a photopolymerizat)le acrylic acid
ester and a photopolymerization initiator lo provide a liquid
composition having the formation as shown in Table 1. The thus
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prepared liquid composit;on was coated on a mold-releasing paper
and dried at 120C for one minute to form a layer of pressure
sensitive adhesive in solid of 10~m in thickness.
A base fiIm of 0.1 mm ;n thickness and composed of lOO
parts by weight of polyvinyl chloride of an average polymeri-
zation degree of about 1300. 35 parts by weight of dioctyl
phthalate and a small amount of an stabilizer was placed on
and adhered to the layer of the adhes;ve, and then the mold
releasing paper was removed, to provide a pressure sensitive
adhesive film of the invention which had on one side thereof
a pressure sensitive adhesive including the photopolymerizable
acrylic acid ester and the photopolymerization initiator.
The adhesive force of the pressure sensitive adhesive
film was measured in a manner as follows. The film was cut to
a test piece of 25 mm in width and 100 mm in length, and lhe
test piece was placed on a stainless steel plate. The test
piece was then pressed against the stainless steel plate by
having a 3 kg roll go and return on the adheseve film five
times, and the 1~0 adhesive force was measured at a pullin~
rate of 300 mm/min. with a Schopper's tester.
The adhesive force of the film before the application
thereto of the ultraviolet light is presented in Table 1~ Then
the ultraviolet light (365 m ~, 120 W/cm) is applied to lhe film
from the other side thereof for 7 seconds, and the adhesive
force was measured, which is presented in Table 1.
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The pressure sensitive adhesive film according to ~he
invention was found to be substantially reduced in the adhesive
force by the application thereto of the ultraviolet light.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film was
prepared which contained no photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester, but was otherwise the same as above. The film was found
to be reduced only slightly in the adhesive force by the appli-
cation thereto of the ultraviolet light, as presented in Refe-
rence Examples 1 and 2 in Table 1.
lU ~or a further reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive
film was prepared in the same manner as above except the use of
a liquid composition on the market including rabbers as the
elastic polymer in place of polyacrylic acid ester coplymers.
This film, including the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester
and the initiator, was found to increase in the adhesive force
by the application thereto of the ultraviolet light, as presen-
ted in Reference Examples 4 and 5.
The pressure sensitive adhesive film of Reference Example
3 contained the photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester in an
excess amount, so that the adhesive was found to remain on the
stainless steel plate af~er the irradiation of the ultraviolet
light.
EXAMPLE_ 2
n mixture of a saturated copolyester, a tackifier, a
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prepared in a mi~ed solvent composed of 80 % by weight of
toluene and 20 ~ by weight of methyl ethyl ketone (the same in
the following when a solvent is referred to), each in amounts
specified in Table 2, to provide a liquid composition for
a pressure sensitive adhesive.
The saturated copolyester used was a condensation product
of a saturated dibasic carboxylic acid component consisting of
terephthalic acid and sebacic acid in a molar ratio of the
former to the latter of 7~30 and ethylene glycol component,
in an equimolar ratio, and had a glass transition temperature
of about lO~C.
The liquid composition was coated on a mold-releasing
paper, and was then dried at 120 C for one minute t~ form a
lS layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive in solid of 10 ~ m in
thickness. The same polyvinyl chloride fiIm as used in Example
1 was placed on the layer of the adhesive on the base film, and
then the mold-releasing paper was separated therefrom to provide
a pressure sensitive adhesive film according to the invention.
As the adhesive force of the film before and after the
appication thereto of the ultraviolet light is presented in
Table 2, the substantial reduction in the adhesive force took
place by the appication of the ultraviolet light.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film was
prepared in the same manner as above which contained no photo-
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polymerizable acrylic acid ester, but was otherwise the same as
above. The film was found to be reduced only slightly in the
adhesive force by the application thereto of the ultraviolet
li~ht, as illustrated in Reference Examples 1 to 3 in Table 2.
EXAMPLE 3
~ y the use of the same saturated copolyester as used in
Example 2, a liquid composition was prepared which had the
formation shown in Table 3. This liquid composition was coated
on a mold-releasing paper, and then dried at 120~C for one
minute to form a layer of a pressure sesitive adhesive in solid
of 10~ m in thickness.
A synthetic resin film of 0.1 mm in thickness as a base
film other than polyvinyl chloride film was placed on the layer
of the adhesive, and then the mold-releasing paper was separated
therefrom to provide a pressure sesitive adhesive film according
to the invention.
As the adhesive force of the film before and after the
appication thereto of the ultraviolet light is presented in
~able 3, the substantial reduction in the adhesive force was
found to take place by the appication of the ultraviolet light.
_XAMPLE 4
A mixture of the same saturated copolyester as used in
Example 2, a tackifier. a photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester,
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Examples
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1 2 3 4
Formation of Adhesive t )
Sat~rated copolyester30 30 30 30
Xylene resin 30 20 30 20
Solvent 70 70 70 70
TMPTAZ' 30
DPEHA 3) 30 30 30
Ben~oin isopropylether 4 4 6 6
Base Film4' PET PP PA PMMA
Adsesive Force tg/2Smm)
Before UV Irradiation450 400 300 250
After UV Irradiation 45 40 33 48
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Notes: 1) Parts by weigh~t
2) Trimethylolpropane triacrylate
3) ~ipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
4) PET: Polyethylene terephthalate
PP: Polypropylene
PA: Polyamide
PMMA: Polymethyl methacrylate
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1 2 3 4 1 2
Formation of Adhesive )
Saturated copolyester 30 30 30 30 30 30
Xylene resin 20 20 15 15 20 20
Solvent 70 70 70 70 70 70
TMoeTA2) 30 30
DPEHA3) 30 20 30
Benzoin isoproF~lether 6 6 6 6 6
Barrier Layer4) _c Ac PP PE None None
Adhesive Fbrce Ig/25mm)
Initial
Before W Irradiation 510 470 350 300 560 450
After W Irradiation 62 40 56 45 35 400
After standing at 80C for 1 day
Before W Irradiation 530 435 300 280 20
After W Irradiation 50 42 50 55 100
After standing at 80C for 3 days
Before W Irradiation 450 450 310 285 0
After W Irradiation 52 45 40 38 25
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before W Irradiation 480 425 290 275
After W Irradiation 38 50 45 40
After standing at normal temperature
for 1 month
Before W Irradiation 500 400 300 280 325
After W Irradiation 55 45 48 56 25
After standing at normal temperature
for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 450 420 310 250 0
After UV Irradiation 45 50 42 32 15
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Notes: 1) Parts by weight PP: Polypropylene film
2) Trimethylolpropane triacrylate PE: PQlyethylene film
3) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
4) Ac: Coating of modified acrylic resin
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an initiator and the same solvent as used in Example 2, each in
amounts speGified in Table ~, was prepared to provide a liqu;d
composition for forming on the base film a layer of the pressure
sensitive adhesive. The formation of the liquid composition is
presented in Table 4. The liquid composition was coated on a
mold-releasing paper, and was then dried at ~20~C for one minute
to form a layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive in solid of 10
m in thickness.
A polyvinyl chloride film of 0.1 mm in thickness was
prepared by a calendering process by the use of a composition
composed of 100 parts by weight of polyvinyl chloride of an
average polymerization degree of about 1300, 35 parts by weight
of a plastici~er, either dioctyl phthalate or a polyester pla-
sticizer, and a small amount of a stabilizer.
A barrier layer was then formed which was composed of a
resin as shown in Table ~ on the polyvinyl chloride film. The
polyvinyl chloride film was placed on the layer of the adhesive
so that the barrier layer was in contact with the adhesive, to
provide a pressure sensitive adhesive film of the invention
having the barrier layer interposed between the base film and
the layer of the adhesive.
After standing at a predetermined temperature for a pre-
determined period of time, the mold-releasing paper was removed,
and the adhesive force of the film was measured. Then the
film was irradiated by the ultraviolet light from the back side
thereof in the same manner as in Example l, and the adhesive
force was measured. The change in the adhesive force before
and after the irradiation of the ultraviolet light is presented
in Table 4.
The pressure sensitive adhesive film of the invention ~as
found to be substantially reduced in the adhesive force by the
application thereto of the ultraviolet light even after a long
standing.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film was
prepared which contained no barrier layer, but was otherwise the
same as above. As presented in Reference Example 1 in Table ~,
the film of reference, immediately after the preparation, was
found to be substantially reduced in the adhesive force by the
application thereto of the ultraviolet light, but af-ter a long
standing the film was found to have a tendency of being reduced
irregularly in the adhesive force with time without the appli-
cation thereto of the ultraviolet light.
~ urther, the fiIm of reference was often found to increase
in the adhesive force by the application thereto of the ultra-
violet light after a long standing, contrary to the film of theinvention.
As a further reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film
was prepared which contained no photopolYmerizable acrylic acid
ester, but was otherwise the same as above. This film was found
to be substantially unchanged in the adhesive force by the appli-
cation thereto of the ultraviolet light even immediately after
the preparation.
EXAMPLE 5
A liquid acrylic resin composition on the market (Polythick~
610SA, Sanyo Kasei Kogyo K.K.) including polyacrylic acid ester
copolymers in amounts of about 40 % by weight based on the compo-
sition as the elastic polymer was mixed with a photopolymeriza-
ble acrylic acid ester and an initiator, each in amounts speci-
fied in Table 5, and then the resulting liquid composition was
coated on a mold-releasing paper, dried at 120C for one minute
to form a layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive in solid of 10
m in thickness.
In the same manner as in Example 4, a barrier layer was
formed on the same polyvinyl chloride film as used in Example 4,
and a pressure sensitive adhesive film having the barrier 1ayer
between the base film and the layer of the adhesive was prepared.
The pressure sensitive adhesive film of the invention was
found to be substantially reduced in the adhesive force by the
application thereto of the ultraviolet light even after a long
standing, as illustrated in Table 5.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film was
prepared which contained no photopolymerizable acrylic acid
ester, but was otherwise the same as above. The film was found
to be substantially unchanged in the adhesive force by the app-
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.Examples References
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Fbrmation of Adhesivel)
Liquid acrylic adhesive 100 100 100 100
TMPTA2) 30 20
DPEHA3) 30
Ben20in isopropylether 6 6 6
Barrier Layer4) Ac Ac Ac Ac
Adhesive Force (g/25mm)
Initial
Before W Irradiation h90 700 720 710
After UV Irradiation 58 58 50 690
After standing at 80C fcr 1 day
Before W Irradiation 650 700 710
After W Irradiation 54 60 50
After standing at 80C for 3 days
Before UV Irradiation 700 720 600
After W Irradiation 56 62 48
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before W Irradiation 650 690 650
After W Irradiation 60 68 52
After standing at normal temperature
for 1 month
Before W Irradiation 660 650 620
After W Irradiation 60 70 65
After standing at norm~l temperature
for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 620 680 600
After W Irradiation 54 58 60
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Trimethylolpropane triacrylate
3) Dipen-taerythritol hexaacrylate
4) Ac: Coating of modified acrylic resin
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I;cation thereto of the ultraviolet light even immediately after
the preparation, as illustrated in Reference Example l in
Table 5.
_AMPLE 6
A mixture of the same saturated copolyester as used in
Example 2, a tackifier, a photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester,
an initiator, the same solvent as used in Example 2 and
anhydrous silica powder ~"Aerosil" tTrademark), Degussa, West
Germany, the same in the following), each in amounts specified
ia Table 6, was prepared to provide a liquid composition
having the formation as shown in Table 6. The liquid composi-
tion was coated on a mold-releasing paper, and then was dried
at 120 C for one minute to form a layer of a pressure sensitive
adhesive in solid of 1~ ~ m in thickness.
A barrier layer was formed on the same polyvinyl chloride
film as used in Example ~ by coating a solution of modified
acrylic resin on the market followed by drying, and the poly-
vinyl chloride fiIm was then placed on the layer of the adhe-
sive so that the barrier layer was in contact with the adhesive,to provide a pressure sensitive adhesive film of the invention
having the barrier layer interposed between the base film and
the layer of the adhesive.
After standing at a predetermined temperature for a pre-
determined period of time, the mold-releasing paper was removed,
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and the adhesive force of the film was measured. Then the film
was irradiated by the ultraviolet light frvm the back side
thereof in the same manner as in Example 1, followed by the
measurement of the adhesive force. The change in the adhesive
force is presented in Table 6.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film was
prepared which contained no silica powder but was otherwise the
same as above.
First the film containing the silica powder was found to
be substantially reduced in the adhesive force by the applica-
tion thereto of the ultraviolet light even after a long standing.
Second the film containing the silica powder was found to be
reduced in the adhesive force to a greater extent than the film
containing no silica powder therein, but was otherwise the same,
as apparent from the comparison with Reference Examples 1 and 2
in Table 6.
However, it is to be note~ that the pressure sensitive
adhesive films of Reference Examples 1 and 2 are still within
the scope of the invention.
EXAMPLE 7
The same liquid acrylic resin cmposition as used in
Example 5 was mixed with a photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester,
an initiator and the same anhydrous silica powder used in
Example 6, each in amounts specified in Table 7, to provide a
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TABLE 6
Examples References
1 2 3 4, 5 1 2
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Formation of Adhesive J
Saturated copolyester 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Xylene resin 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Solvent 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
DMPTA ) 20 20 20 30 20 30
DPEHA3) 30
Benzoi.n 6 6 6 6
Benzoin isopropylether 6 6 6
Silica4) 1 3 5 3 3 0 0
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A~hesive Force (g/25mm)
Initial
Before W Irradiation 530 480 610 300525 470 520
A~ter W Irradia~ion 40 25 20 45 42 75 60
After standing at 80C for 1 day
Before W Irradiation 525 480 570 280500 490 515
After W Irradiation 38 30 18 55 34 80 58
After standing at 80C for 3 days
Before W Irradiation 535 510 550 285495 500 500
After W Irradiation 35 30 25 38 30 78 70
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before W Irradiation 540 450 545 275500 485 524
After W Ir.radiation 35 28 20 40 32 68 66
After standing at normal tenpera-
ture for 1 month
Before W Irradiation 540 500 580 280520 500 510
After W Irradiation 35 35 30 56 38 70 60
After standing at normal tempera-
ture for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 500 470 550 250525 492 49S
After W Irradiation 33 20 25 32 3-5 6_ 72
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Trimethylolpropane triacrylate
3) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
4) "Aerosil," Degussa, West Gbrmany
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TABLE 7
Examples
l 2
Eormation of Adhesive"
Liquid acrylic adhesive I00 100
DPEHA2~ 30 30
Benzoin isopropylether 6 6
Silica3~ 5 lO
Adsesive Force ~g/25mm)
Initial
Before UY Irradiation 700 800
After UV Irradiation 30 28
After standing at 80 c for l day
Before UV Irradiation 720 780
After UY Irradiation 25 25
After standing at 80c for 3 days
Before UV Irradiation 700 750
After UV Irradiation 28 25
After standing at 80 C for 5 days
Before UV Irradiation 690 700
After UV Irradiation 30 20
After standing at normal temperat(lre
for l month
Before UV Irradiation 685 725
After UV Irradiation 30 25
hfter standing at normal temperature
for 3 months
Before UV lrradiation 654 700
After UV Irradiation 26 24
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
3) Aerosil," Degussa, West Germany
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liquid composition having the formation as shown in Table 7.
The liquid composition was coated on a mold-releasing paper,
and then was dried at 120c for one minute to form a layer of
a pressure sensitive adhesive in so]id of 10 ~ m in thickness.
S A barrier layer was then formed in the same m~nner as in
Example 6 on the same polyvinyl chloride film as used in Example
4, and the polyvinyl chloride film was then placed on the layer
of the adhesive, to provide a pressure sensiti~e adhesive of
the invention having the barrier layer between the base film and
the layer of the adhesive.
The film containing the silica powder was found to be sub-
stantially reduced in the adhesive force by the application
thereto of the ultraviolet light even after a long standing.
EXAMPLE 8
In the same manner as in Example 6 except the use of a
polyisocyanate in place of the silica powder, a press~lre sen-
sitive adhesive fitm having the same barrier coating of modified
acrylic resin as the befsrementioned was prepared. The formation
of the liquid composition used for forming the layer of the
pressure sensitive adhesive is shown in Table 8.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive fi~m was
prepared in the same manner as in Example 6 except that the film
contained no polyisocyanate.
The film containing the polyisocyanate accsrding to the
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TABLE 8
Examples . References
1 2 3 4 5 1 2
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Saturated copolyester 30 30 30 3030 30 30
Xylene resin 20 20 20 2015 15 25
Solvent 70 70 70 7070 70 70
TMPTA2) 20 20
DPEHA ) 30 30 30 30 30
Benzoin 6
Benzoin isopropylether 6 6 6 4 6 4
Polyisocyanate4) 2 5 10 20 5 0 0
Adhesive Force (g/25mm~
Initial
Before W Irradiation 500 495 350 350550 525 525
After W Irradiation 35 32 25 1830 60 85
After standing at 80~C for 1 day
Before W Irradiation 480 510 300 250500 515 530
After W Irradiation 40 30 28 1545 55 78
After standing at 80C for 3 days
Before W Irradiation 520 500 325 200480 S00 550
After W Irradiation 32 28 25 2040 60 30
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before W Irradiation 490 515 350 200490 505 525
After W Irradiation 20 26 24 1235 62 75
After standing at normal tempera-
ture for 1 month
Before W Irradiation 490 500 392 300510 525 530
After W Irradiation 40 30 28 2038 55 80
After standing at normal tempera-
ture for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 510 510 350 200500 510 530
After W Irradiation 38 32 30 1636 58 70
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Trimethylolpropane triacrylate
3) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
4) Triisocyanate "Sumidule," SumitoIn~ Kagaku Kogyo K~K.
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invention was found to be substantially reduced in the adhesive
force by the application thereto of the ultraviolet light even
after a long standing, but also was found to be reduced in the
adhesive force to a greater extent than the film containing no
polyisocyanate therein, as illustrated in comparison with Refe-
rence Examples 1 and 2 in Table 8.
EXAMPEE _
The same liquid acrylic resin composition as used in
Exaple 5 was mixed with a photopolymerizable acrylic acid ester,
an initiator and a polyisocyanate, each in amounts specified in
Table 9, to provide a liquid composition having the formation
as shown in Table 9.
By the use of the liquid composition thus prepared, a
pressure sensitive adhesive film was prepared in the same manner
as in Example 6 having the same barrier coating of modifled
acrylic resin as beforementioned betwesn ths base film and the
pressure sensitive adhesive.
The film containing the polyisocyanate was found to be
substantially reduced in the adhesive force by the application
thereto of the ultraviolet light even after a long standingi
as illustrated in Table 9.
EXAMPLE 10
In the same manner as in Example 6 except the combined
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Examples
_ 1 2
Pormation of Adhesive"
Liquid acrylic adhesive 100 100
DPEHAZ' 30 30
Benzoin isopropylether 6 6
Polyisocyanate 3 ~ 5 10
Adsesive Force (g/25mm)
Initial
Before UV Irradiation 620 670
After UV Irradiation 35 25
After standing at 80C for 1 day
Before UV Irradiation 570 580
After UY Irradiation 28 14
After standing at $0 c for 3 days
Before UV Irradiation 590 610
After UV Irradiation 30 20
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before UY Irradiation 600 595
After UY Irradiation 30 18
After standing at normal temperatur~
for 1 month
Before UV Irradiation 600 650
After UY Irradiation 30 20
After standing at norrnal temperature
for 3 months
Before UV Irradiation 570 580
After UV Irradiation 28 22
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
3) Triisocyanate "Sumidule. Sumitomo
Kagaku Kogyo K.K.
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use of silica powder and the polyisocyanate, a pressure sensi-
tive adhesive film having the same barrier coating of modified
acrylic resin as beforementioned was prepared. The formation
of the liquid composition used is shown in Table 10.
As a reference, a pressure sensitive adhesive film ~as
prepared which contained only one of silica powder and the
polyisocyanate.
The film containing both the polyisocyanate and the silica
was found to be reduced in the adhesive Porce to a greater
extent by the application thereto of the ultraviolet light than
the film containing only one of the polyisocyanate and the
silica, as illustrated in comparison with Reference-Examples 1
and 2 in Table 10.
However, the pressure sensitive adhesive films of Refe-
rence Examples 1 and 2 are still greater in the degree ofreduction in the adhesive force by the application thereto of
the ultraviolet light than the films of Reference Examples 3
and 4 which contained neither the silica nor the polyisocyanate,
It is also to be noted that these films of ~eference Examples
1 to 4 are all substantially reducible in the adhesive by the
ultraviolet irradiation and are within the scope of the
present invention.
EXaMPLE 11
The same acryllc liquid composition for a pressure sensi-
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TABLE 10
Examples References
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4
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Saturated copolyester 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Xylene resin 15 20 30 30 20 20 15 20 15
Solvent 70 70 70 70 70 70
TMPTA2) 30 20
DPEHA3) 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Benzoin 6 4
Benzoin isopropylether 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
Polyisocyanate4) 2 3 3 2 2 5 0 0 0
Silica5) 2 5 5 5 2 0 3 0 0
Adhesive Force (g/25mm)
Initial
Before 7JV Irradiation492 550 480510 610 495525510 350
After W Irradiation 8 6 5 10 20 32 42 62 56
After standing at 80C for 1 day
Before UV Irradiation510 545 450525 600 510500530 300
After W Irradiation 10 14 4 8 18 30 34 50 50
After standing at 80C for 3 days
Before W Irradiation 460 500 465514 570 S00495450 310
After W7 Irradiation 4 4 10 12 12 28 30 52 40
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before W Irradiation 500 525 485520 550 515500485 290
After W Irradiation 2 2 8 10 14 26 32 38 45
After standing at normal tempera-
ture for 1 month
Before W Irradiation 472 550 480500 540 500520500 300
After W Irradiation 10 5 4 13 18 30 38 55 48
After standing at norm~l te7l~pera-
ture for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 514 500 470498 520 510525450 310
After W Irradiation 17 14 6 10 13 32 35 45 42
Notes: 1) Parts by weight 4) Triisocyanate "Sumidule," Sumitomo
2) Trimethylolpropane triacryla~e Kagaku Kogyo K.K.
3) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate 5) "Aerosil,' Degussa, ~Rest Germany
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tive adhesive as used in Exaple 5 was mixed with a photopolyme-
rizable acrylic acid ester, an initiator, the polyisocyanate
and the silica powder, each in amounts specified in Table 11,
to provide a liquid composition for the pressure sensitive
adhesive. The formation of the liquid composition is shown in
Table 11.
By the use of the liquid composition thus prepared, a
pressure sensitive adhesive film was prepared in the same manner
as in Example 6 having the same barrier coating of modified
acrylic resin.
The film containing the polyisocyanate and the silica
powder was found to be reduced in the adhesive force to a
~reater extent than the film containing only one of the poly-
isocyanate and the silica powder, as illustrated in comparison
lS with Reference Examples 1 and 2 in Table 11.
The films of Examples 1 and 2 are, however, still ~reater
in the degree of reduction in the adhesive force when being
irradiated by the ultraviolet light than the film of Reference
Example 3, and are in accordance with the invention. The film
of Example 3 is also a pressure sensitive adhesive film of the
invention.
EXAMPLE 12
The same liquid acrylic acid ester copolymer composition
as used in Example 5 and the same saturated copolyester as used
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TABLE 11
Examples References
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
Formation of Adhesive '
Liquid acrylic adhesive 100 100100 100 100 100 100 100
DPEHA ) 20 30 30 30 20 30 30 30
Benzoin isopropylether 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Polyisocyanate3) 1 2 3 5 10 5 0 0
Silica4) 2 2 5 3 2 0 3 0
Adhesive Force (g/25mm)
Initial
Before W Irradiation 700 600605 620 700 620 600 510
After W Irradiation 20 8 6 6 12 35 50 70
After standing at 80C for 1 day
Before W Irradiation 680 625630 620 600 570 588 500
After W Irradiation 18 10 4 6 2 28 42 68
After standing at 80C for 3 days
Before W Irradiation 720 650610 650 549 590 602 508
After W Irradiation 12 4 4 4 12 30 38 75
After standing at 80C for 5 days
Before UV Irradiation 800 700600 600 550 600 598 512
After W Irradiation 18 4 12 12 4 30 40 78
Ater standing at normal tempera-
ture for 1 month
Before W Irradiation 650 650625 600 680 600 590 520
After W Irradiation 22 15 5 12 4 30 42 80
After standing at nonmal tempera-
ture for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 600 595580 570 600 570 600 500
After W Irradiation 20 6 4 4 2 28 44 82
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Dipent~erythritol hexaacrylate
3) Triisocyanate "Sumidule," SumitcmD K~gaku Kogyo K.K.
4) "Aerosil," Degussa, West Germany
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in Example 2 were both incorporated into a liquid composition
together with a solvent, a tackifier, dipentaerythritol hexa-
acrylate, benzoin isopropylether, silica and a polyisocyanate.
The formation of the resultant liquid composition is presented
in Table 12.
By the use of the liquid composition, a pressure sensi-
tive adhesive film was prepared in the same manner as in Example
6 having the same barrier coating of modified acrylic resin as
beforesaid between the polyvi n yl chloride ~ase film and the
pressure sensitive adhesive.
The tackiness and adhesive migration were measured as
follows.
Tackiness:
A pressure sensitive adhesive film was fixed on a horizon-
tal plane at 21 C with the layer of adhesive expose~, and astainless steel plate was supported on the plane so that the
plate intersected at the lower end with the plane at an angle
of 30 . A stainless steel ball of 8.0 mm in diameter and 2.0 g
in weight was placed on the steel plate at a position S0 mm
apart from the lower end of the plate, and then was allowed to
roll down on the slope. The tackiness was estimated in terms
of the distance between the lower end of the steel plate and
the position at which the ball stopped.
Adhesive migration:
A pressure sensitive adhesive film of ~5 mm in width and
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TABLE 12
Examples References
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1 2 3 4 1 2
1 ) -
Fo~mation of A~hesive
Polythick 610SA2) 20 40 60 80
Saturated copolyester 24 18 12 6 30 30
Xylene resin 15 15 15 15 15 15
Solvent 56 42 28 14 70 70
DPEHA ) 30 30 30 30 30 30
Benzoin isopropyl ether 6 6 6 6 6 6
Silica4) 4 4 4 6 2 4
Polyisocyanate5) _ 7 7 7 9 5 7
Adhesive Force (g/25~m)
Initial
Before W Irradiation 500 610 650 625 620 585
After W Irradiation 18 17 14 20 12 10
After standing at 80C for 7 days
Before W Irradiation 520 550 650 600 600 550
After W Irradiation 15 13 12 18 13 12
After standing at normal temperature
for 3 months
Before W Irradiation 550 590 620 630 625 590
After W Irradiation 12 15 18 20 10 10
Tackiness at 21C (cm)
Initial (Before W Irradiation) 1.2 1.00.5 0.7 6.5 5.3
Adhesive Migration (21C)6)
After 1 day 1 1 1 1 4 3
After 4 days 1 1 1 1 5 5
After 7 days 1 1 2 1 5 5
Notes: 1) Parts by weight
2) Liquid acrylic adhesive ~Sanyo Kasei Kogyo K.K.)
3) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate
4) "Aerosil," Degussa, West Germany
5~ Triisocyanate "Sumidule," Sumitom~ Xagaku Xogyo K.K.
6) Five grade estimation; the mDre the figure, the more the migration.
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100 mm in length was adhered onto a stainless steel plate and
was left standing at a predetermined period of time at 21-C.
Thereafter the film was separated from the plate at a pulling
rate of 300 mm/min. by a Schopper's tester, and the plate was
examined whether the adhesive was migrated thereonto.
The above pressure sensitive adhesive film was found to
have a pronouncedly large tackiness, but substantially no adhe-
sive was found on the plate even after a long standing of seven
days, as shown in Table 12.
As a reference example, an adhesive fiIm was prepared
which included only the saturated copolyester as an elastic
polymer. The formation of the liquid composition used is
presented in Table 12.
The reference adhesive film was found to have a smaller
tackiness, and at the same time the adhesive was found to
migrate onto the plate, However, it is to be noted that the
adhesive films of Reference Examples 1 and 2 are in accordance
with the invention.
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